Had a struggle to assemble a laminated chipboard worktop and overlooked sealing the joint. (Doing trial fits and then tightened it up and carried on with rest of fit).
Is there any type of "post-assembly" sealant I can apply to the joint that will soak in and seal the joint. I am a bit reluctant to open up the joint.
What did you glue it with?
Re-making the work seems the better option, but if that's not possible you could trickle a fine bead of low-viscosity sealant (Thompson's Water Seal, or similar) with a artist's brush or a medical syringe. This would sink into the joint and soak into the exposed wood, and if you added a fresh line every day it would eventually saturate and fill the joint with dried, waxy gunk.
In article , DerbyBorn writes
I can understand your reluctance but I think you already know the answer, nothing acting by capillary action from the edge will provide a truly effective seal.
The last one I did I gave the edge 2 coats of varnish, letting it soak in well before using a full fill of sealant on assembly.
"A.Lee" wrote in news:W_OdnVr snipped-for-privacy@brightview.co.uk:
Nothing - it is clamped - in routed slots.
I have no first-hand knowledge of this material, other than remembering its very odd name, but the website indicates it would do the job:
"Capt. Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure"
Thomas Prufer
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